In this episode, I’m joined by my longtime friend Eric Veal for a wide-ranging conversation that starts with Bitcoin curiosity and quickly expands into value-for-value podcasting, Podcasting 2.0, and how hard it can be for “normies” to decode the jargon around sats, splits, Nostr, and the broader self-sovereign tech world. We also read through a backlog of boosts, talk about how listener support shapes the show, and use Eric’s questions as a springboard for explaining why I’m drawn to decentralized tools, peer-to-peer payments, and open protocols in the first place.From there, we get into permaculture, homesteading, and why I think comfrey deserves a place on every homestead. That leads into a bigger discussion about natural systems, pattern recognition, local community, Bitcoin meetups, Meshtastic, open-source philosophy, and the tension between fiat thinking and the slower, more grounded mindset behind Bitcoin and permaculture. It’s part catch-up, part culture translation, and part friendly sparring match between two old friends with very different vocabularies for making sense of technology, freedom, and the systems shaping everyday life.Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/en/Podcasting 2.0: https://podcasting2.org/Nostr: https://nostr.org/Fountain: https://fountain.fm/appTake My Sats: https://www.takemysats.com/Alby: https://getalby.com/Cake Wallet: https://cakelabs.com/Castamatic: https://castamatic.com/SimpleX Chat: https://simplex.chat/en/downloads/Stacker News: https://www.stacker.news/Meshtastic: https://meshtastic.org/LinuxFest Northwest: https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/Fedora Project: https://fedoraproject.org/Space Tomatoes Podcast: https://www.spacetomatoes.net/Local Bitcoiners Podcast: https://localbitcoiners.com/Western Washington University: https://www.wwu.edu/University of Washington: https://www.washington.edu/Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/Boeing: https://www.boeing.com/AppsJack Capable Communities Podcast: https://appsjackcorp.blogspot.com/p/podcast.html Join us on Nostr: Oshi (npub1uzt238htjzpq39dxmltlx60vxym9fetk9czz6kddq6fhvkf4z3usy9qtrh) & Permanerd (npub1zqdpzty2mshxncqqxy2078qax6mlehsxmpx5095wtxw4tpepkr0s2ce6fj)Send an email: sayhi@youarethealgo.com